Decline and Change in Late Antiquity, Liebeschuetz, J.H.W.G.

Название: The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
ISBN: 0198662777 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198662778
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Описание: The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity contains over 5,000 authoritative entries covering every aspect of history, culture, religion, and life in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East (including the Persian Empire and Central Asia) between the mid-3rd and the mid-8th centuries AD.

Автор: Cooper Kate, Wood Jamie
Название: Social Control in Late Antiquity: The Violence of Small Worlds
ISBN: 1108742696 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108742696
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Описание: Explores power relations in the households, schools, and monasteries of late antiquity in light of social theory, in a way that will be of interest to advanced undergraduates and postgraduate historians, as well as to scholars in the humanities and social sciences with interests in religion, law, and the family.

Автор: Stasavage David
Название: The Decline and Rise of Democracy
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A new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this teaches us about the future

Historical accounts of democracy's rise tend to focus on ancient Greece and pre-Renaissance Europe. The Decline and Rise of Democracy draws from global evidence to show that the story is much richer--democratic practices were present in many places, at many other times, from the Americas before European conquest, to ancient Mesopotamia, to precolonial Africa. Delving into the prevalence of early democracy throughout the world, David Stasavage makes the case that understanding how and where these democracies flourished--and when and why they declined--can provide crucial information not just about the history of governance, but about the ways modern democracies work and where they could manifest in the future.

Drawing from examples spanning several millennia, Stasavage first considers why states developed either democratic or autocratic styles of governance and argues that early democracy tended to develop in small places with a weak state and, counterintuitively, simple technologies. When central state institutions (such as a tax bureaucracy) were absent--as in medieval Europe--rulers needed consent from their populace to govern. When central institutions were strong--as in China or the Middle East--consent was less necessary and autocracy more likely. He then explores the transition from early to modern democracy, which first took shape in England and then the United States, illustrating that modern democracy arose as an effort to combine popular control with a strong state over a large territory. Democracy has been an experiment that has unfolded over time and across the world--and its transformation is ongoing.

Amidst rising democratic anxieties, The Decline and Rise of Democracy widens the historical lens on the growth of political institutions and offers surprising lessons for all who care about governance.

Автор: Hanegraaff, Wouter J.
Название: Hermetic spirituality and the historical imagination
ISBN: 1009123068 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781009123068
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Описание: Explores the tradition of Hermetic spirituality that flourished in Roman Egypt during the first centuries CE. It was grounded in experiential techniques that had a powerful effect on the consciousness of practitioners. Their goal was to `heal the soul` of mental delusion and lead it to gnosis, ultimate salvational knowledge.

Название: Contact and Conflict in Frankish Greece and the Aegean, 1204-1453
ISBN: 1138270369 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138270367
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Описание: The conquest of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade shattered irreversibly the political and cultural unity of the Byzantine world in the Greek peninsula, the Aegean and western Asia Minor. Between the disintegration of the Byzantine Empire after 1204 and the consolidation of Ottoman power in the fifteenth century, the area was a complex political, ethnic and religious mosaic, made up of Frankish lordships, Italian colonies, Turkish beyliks, as well as a number of states that professed to be the continuators of the Byzantine imperial tradition. This volume brings together western medievalists, Byzantinists and Ottomanists, combining recent research in the relevant fields in order to provide a holistic interpretation of this world of extreme fragmentation.

Eight stimulating papers explore various factors that defined contact and conflict between Orthodox Greeks, Catholic Latins and Muslim Turks, highlighting common themes that run through this period and evaluating the changes that occurred over time. Particular emphasis is given on the crusades and the way they affected interaction in the area. Although the impact of the crusades on Byzantine history leading up to 1204 has been extensively examined in the past, there has been little research on the way crusading was implemented in Greece and the Aegean after that point.

Far from being limited to crusading per se, however, the papers put it into its wider context and examine other aspects of contact, such as trade, interfaith relations, and geographical exploration.

Автор: Tomas Hagg, Philip Rousseau
Название: Greek Biography and Panegyric in Late Antiquity : 31
ISBN: 0520223888 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520223882
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Описание: This text discusses the transition from ancient to Christian Hellenism as it was expressed in the biographical and panegyric literature of the period between AD 250 and AD 450. These essays show how literary genres focusing on individual lives help to reveal this historical process.

Автор: Al-Azmeh
Название: The Emergence of Islam in Late Antiquity
ISBN: 1107031877 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107031876
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Описание: A comprehensive and innovative reconstruction of the emergence of early Muslim religion and polity in their historical, religious and ethnological contexts. Intended principally for scholars of late antiquity, Islamic studies and the history of religions, the book opens up many novel directions for future research.

Название: Crisis of Empire
ISBN: 0520280423 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520280427
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Описание: Focuses on the attempts of three ascetics - John Moschus, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus Confessor - to determine the Church`s power and place during a period of profound crisis, as the eastern Roman empire suffered serious reversals in the face of Persian and then Islamic expansion.

Автор: Kelly
Название: Theodosius II
ISBN: 1107038588 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107038585
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Описание: Theodosius II was the longest reigning Roman emperor. Although often dismissed as mediocre and ineffectual, he ruled an empire which retained its vitality and integrity while the West was broken up by barbarian invasions. This book explores Theodosius` success in a century that stands between the classical world and Byzantium.

Автор: Moreira Isabel
Название: Heaven`s Purge: Purgatory in Late Antiquity
ISBN: 0199375011 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199375011
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Описание: Heaven`s Purge traces purgatory`s roots in the texts and debates of late antiquity. Illuminating the varied perspectives on post-mortem purgation in late antiquity, Isabel Moreira challenges the conclusions of recent scholarship through an examination of the texts, communities, and cultural ideas that informed purgatory`s early history.

Автор: Naomi Janowitz
Название: Icons of Power
ISBN: 0271058374 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780271058375
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Описание: Janowitz sifts through the polemics to make sense of the daunting mosaic of religious belief and practice in Late Antiquity. Janowitz reveals how ritual practitioners held common assumptions about why their rituals worked and how to perform them. Icons of Power makes an important contribution to our understanding of society in Late Antiquity.

Автор: Miles
Название: Constructing Identities in Late Antiquity
ISBN: 0415518865 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415518864
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Описание: Examines the theme of identity: geographic, ethnic , religious, status and sex-based. Discussions of Roman texts and images show how constructions of identity and culture contributed to the creation of "late antiquity" as a historical concept.